像 – statue, picture, image

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The kanji 像 means statue, picture, image, figure, portrait. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゾウ (zou). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゾウ	zou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・勹・豕・口・一.

Words using 像

像ぞうimage想像そうぞうimagination現像げんぞうdevelopment (of film)映像えいぞうimage (on a screen)仏像ぶつぞうstatue of Buddha

Example sentences

その像は型に入れられて作られた。

The statue was cast in a mold.

Tatoeba #208331

あなたには想像もつかない、でしょ？

You can't imagine it, can you?

Tatoeba #233745

このフィルムを現像してもらえますか。

Can I have this film developed?

Tatoeba #223254

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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